Effect of off-target verbosity on communication efficiency in a referential communication task

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Older speakers with differing rates of loquaciousness and coherence were examined when discussing autobiographical information, to determine the ability to communicate nonautobiographical information to a peer. High rates of off-target verbosity (OTV) was linked to inefficient communication of nonautobiographical information.

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Social behavior and off-target verbosity in elderly people

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Issues concerning a study of off-target verbosity with reference to older people and their social behavior are discussed. The influence of gender and other aspects are presented and analysed.

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Individual differences in trajectory of intellectual development over 45 years of adulthood

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The significance of engagement, introversion, neuroticism, and health in predicting individual differences in change in intellectual abilities over a 45-year period is examined. Findings suggest that intellectual growth and decline do not follow a fixed developmental trajectory. Instead, intelligence growth and decline are related to several individual and environmental factors, which give rise to individual differences as far as the maintenance of intellectual abilities is concerned.

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